Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-01


Beyond the fact thai be Ia laboring ia
the cause Of civilization somewhere IN
the noudan, very ltttle IL known In this
country OF Emin Bey. Yet be 10 truly q
remarkable man. 10 10 nov eight years
since General Gordon appointed him
0overnog. General in the Egyptian Equa.
t0Ftal Provinces, district so large that
Great Britain would lie In corner Of
Il. Emin Bey, Who was al Austrian
dBctef, started upon hts work without
any flourish. Hia task looked like an
impossible one; bnt Gordsn was con
SANITY doing impossible" things him
self, and expected as much 81 his lieu
tenants. When Emsn Boy reached the
provinces be vas 10 rule over II be ooaid
reduce them 10 order, be found thinRe
about IS bad a. they eeuld be. That
vas In 1878. In three years be had
swept the slave, traders oat OF that
enormous tract of land, VITA its six
millions Of inhabitants; and these gen
try have never dared 10 show their faces
ucs.. The provinces bad 20 far been
governed at aehoit Of E3e coo per an
aam; By the end Of 1881 there was a
surplus Of ES0C1 Although ths Gov
ernor GeueFal had established several
public works 10 that time, the expenses
OF Whieh we're considerable, this surplus
waa not obtainad By more taxation.
fhe change had bean brought about
simply BY Raod governments, By econ
ony, and by The suppression OF abuses.
Then came the ramoKs Of troubles IN
the SeadAn. Emin Bsy vas ons OF the
dfst 20 fureaoe them, and to suggest hov
hay migat be dealt With. Hta advice
v - disragaF6ed, and he was told % at
sead 30 the aHaira Of his Own PROVINCES.
Then came the 6oudan var, and befne
hopelassly beyond relief. Emin Bey Vas
arss neglected and then forgotten. Il
Ia three years since be has had instruo-
ttons Of any kind from The E9yptias
Government, though In 1855 be managed
once or twice 70 communicates with them
As rule, what messages be has sent 30
ERyps az elsewhere have been intercept
ed. All that is knswn Of bis lifs duFine
these three years is derived from q few
private letters b friead In this ceun-
sfy. AZ several letters have been loai
fog The one that has reached iis destina.
tiua, the narrative 10 not aonsinueus.
Emin Bey has taught the natives Of
the kxypsian equatorial provinces the
cultivation Of GOTTEN, rice, tndiRo, col.
fea, ESQ. he hiss made weAvers Of some
cfktham and bootmaksgs Of ashsrA The
apap be asea Il Of bis own manafactnrs.
Ia he very last letter be told OF his at
tempt 20 vscciuate his people. The
death rata In the provinces has been
very high Of lace. owing 30 an epidemic
of small pox. He has bailt hospital,
in watch be speeds the better part o.
hsa rnarr,fr.s~a IA A q sehnaf =. aakzw
lie has connected the different parts Of
she pFuyiscss By weekly posts, there be
ina fsTty eaattona. In short he has
done 30 macA n 80 short spacs Of
slsae thai, With iitsle assistAnce. there
nHst be great career Of usefulness be
fore hiua.
Il may be, however, that befere 9 re-
lief feFce can reach him. Emin Beg viii
have s1ecnmhsd. Whatever route IL
ohosee. seven months must elapae BE-.
fore Be can Be relieved.
In Abe uaeantime Emin Bey b 90 good
cheer. ThongA bis DAYS are long. ana
bis work laboFscus and bis peril great,
be Is ssili, In his leisure. she student be
was IN hts earlier years. When IL eeas
dark be FsttEss 70 his house aud lizhts |
the esndlea whioA he makes himself. |
Thee be siss down 10 bic sciemtiHe sad |
les. As theSe times he might be q man |
81 science IN hts laboratory IN Landon. |
In his tAss be wishes be hsA more books. |
and tAments he scarcity 81 sflne shea. !
arsenic. soda. etc. 60 enable me to co.,
ltaae the preparation Of KooioeieAl ape
simea&s SaFely 8 naa like this oaeht /
aet 70 Be lefs - psEish--St. gz@sNs Gs-
'ssfs.